It will work, it will definitely work. It is so common that a dog who isn't used to working around food, won't move away from the food. But you...
No, that's not normal at all. 57kgs is no weight for a Labrador. That is the same weight as both my show line dogs put together. Unless your dog...
The thing about positive reinforcement training is nothing you do now has an impact now - it only has an impact on future behaviour. That's why...
I have one show line Lab that I could walk off lead through a field of squirrels, and one show line Lab that chases everything that moves. I'm...
Awww......bless. With Charlie of course I'm super careful with his joints - and indeed with Betsy just because it's good practice - I have a cue...
In order to use food effectively, your dog has to be trained to be able to work around food. For some dogs, this is easy because they don't find...
I would never release a dog to poo as a reinforcer! :D Massive kudos for people who do and have confidence in that/don't immediately vomit with a...
Giving it back isn't the reward....the dog offering it to you and you agreeing to play tug should be the reward. It's not about you taking the toy...
My 'interrupter' cue is my recall or my stop or my dogs' names. If you are 'shouting' Oi! or shouting 'Enough!' you are using punishment. Yes,...
Yes, although I think that's the easy part of the sell. The difficult part of the sell is telling an over worked, time short mother (for example)...
This is it - exactly. :D We (as in positive trainers) have to view this as the challenge. It's all very well and good to explain to someone that...
And your point is....what, exactly? :) My point was that to successfully train a high drive dog to a high level (as in a hunting dog exposed to...
First, I should declare that I am a positive trainer through and through - no-one is more committed to positive training that I am. BUT, and...
But if you feel the need to 'fix' a male dog....next time, get a girl. :)
I like 'full on' male dogs - the confident, massively energetic, out there, brave males. I don't know how much testosterone plays a part in this,...
A 45 minute lead walk, in an exciting place i.e. a park, is a tough ask for an excitable 8 month old Labrador. Being on lead requires them to...
At over 2 years old your dog isn’t going through adolescence. She is now grown up pretty much and perhaps what you are seeing is a problem that is...
There are definitely two types, or buckets, of problems playing tug -at least at first, although the aim is to end up in the same place with a...
Think what it was like BEFORE I did any training with her. :D:D:D It's fine - it was my fault. This is just a Betsy thing. It's what she does...
:D:D:D Betsy's! Only I found out what happens when she wins that particular game. [img]IMG_3705 by julieandcharlie julieandcharlie, on Flickr
